~ Historical cooking

New books and plans

I have been reading my books and making plans for the future cooking. I have so many ideas I end up making an exel sheet. That helps a lot to decide what I want to do next and what I have done so far. But I have also been thinking of a lot about my attitudes towards cooking and learning. Its good for stop now and then to do some self examination.

I have noticed (actually years ago) that more I read and more I learn – more I know how little I know. You know the usual feeling. That little perfectionist grows inside me every day and writing that used to be so casual – is not that anymore. When I find a nice and easy recipe to cook I end up looking similar recipes from all other my books to compare them. That usually takes a lot of time but it is a good learning experience at the same time. I know that in order to learn you need also make mistakes. Even the best cook makes mistakes. I am no way near best, and I dont have to be. I want to learn. But still that little perfectionist inside makes it hard to start from somewhere. And I tend to over think a bit too much.

Anyway.. new books :)

The book on the top I got from my dear friend who visited Italy. She found the book from an old antiquarian and thought I would like it. She was right, I was pretty exited to have it. I dont speak Italian but I like challenges so now I guess I have to learn some ;). The other two are Constance B. Hieatt’s books that are nice addition to my English book collection.

About the blog

This blog is all about historical cooking, mainly focusing on the medieval and renaissance periods. I hope you'll get inspired and see that cooking is fun and easy. The modernized recipes are only my suggestions, so feel free to try out and make your own! This blog and material is in English and in Finnish.
Check out the upper bar of this page! You can find all the recipes there :) enjoy!